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The inauguration of Willem-Alexander took place on 30 April 2013 at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. Willem-Alexander ascended the throne immediately following the abdication of his mother Queen Beatrix earlier that day. Willem-Alexander is the first King of the Netherlands since the death of his great-great-grandfather William III in 1890.
Since the inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina in 1898, the Dutch government issues for each inauguration a limited number of commemoration medals (Inhuldigingsmedaille). The obverse shows the profile of the new monarch, while the reverse features the royal monogram, surrounded on the rim with the name of the monarch and the date of the inauguration.
Queen Wilhelmina wearing the Dutch royal mantle. The royal mantle (Dutch: Koningsmantel) of the Netherlands is worn only by the Dutch monarch at their inauguration.As the Dutch monarch is never crowned but inaugurated, its more appropriate to speak of a royal mantle than a coronation mantle.
Khoisan protesters surround King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at the Iziko Slave Lodge museum in Cape Town during their state visit to South Africa Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
Willem-Alexander (Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm aːlɛkˈsɑndər]; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands, reigning since 30 April 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana , as the eldest child of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus .
Wedding Medal of Willem-Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta, 2002 (Huwelijksmedaille 2002) King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal, 2013 ( Inhuldigingsmedaille 2013 ) Caribbean Part of the Kingdom Visit Medal, 2013 ( Herinneringsmedaille bezoek in 2013 aan het Caribisch deel van het Koninkrijk )
Recipient of the King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal; The Queen: Recipient of the King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal; The Duke of Edinburgh: Recipient of the Wedding Medal of Prince Willem-Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta; The Princess Royal: Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange; Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady ...
the inauguration of Queen Juliana (Amsterdam, 1948) the wedding of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus van Amsberg (Amsterdam, 1966) the wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti (Amsterdam, 2002) At the wedding of Willem-Alexander and Máxima someone threw some white paint on the coach.